Cigar-wrapper-cutting machine



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O A. BAKER CIGAR WRAPPER CUTTING MACHINE.

No. 596,467. Patented Jan. 4, 1898;

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O. A. BAKER. CIGAR WRAPPEROUTTING MACHINE.

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CIGAR WRAPPER CUTTING MACHINE.

No. 596,467. Patented Jan. 4,1898.

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G. A. BAKER. CIGAR WRAPPER CUTTING MACHINE.

No. 596,467. Patented Jan. 4,1898

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BAKER, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEYES- BAKER CIGAR ROLLING MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-WRAPPER-CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 596,467, dated January 4, 1898.

Application filed December 4, 1896. Serial No. 614,393. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern: ing them, and the cutting-die. Fig/7 is a de- Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. BAKER, of tail illustrating the yielding mounting of the Binghamton, in the county of Broome, in the presser-rollers, one roller being shown in ele- State of New York, have invented new and vation and the die in cross-section. Fig. 8 5 useful Improvements in Cigar-Wrapper-Cutis a top plan, on an enlarged scale, of the tating Machines, of which the following, taken ble, die, leaf, and grip sections and also showin connection with the accompanying drawing the rollers conical and reversed. Fig. 9 ings, is a full, clear, and exact description. is an enlarged section of the die, part of the My invention relates to cigar-wrapper-cuttable, and part of a grippensection, showing 1o ting machines, and particularly to that class the leaf gripped thereby.

which embody a stationary die or cutter hav- A is a suitable bed erected upon standards ing a continuous cutting edge of shape of the 2, and 3 is a cutting-die having a cutting edge wrapper to be cut, means to hold the leaf of the shape of the wrapper to be cut and while being out, and a roller adapted to be here shown as interiorly recessed, as at a, to 65. I 5 traversed over said die and leaf to cutout the receive and retain the wrappers as they are wrapper. out until a large number are deposited there- My object is to produce an improved main, and all of them are kept in proper condichine embodying a die of suitable form; a tion for use by their mutual dampness until wrapper holder or gripper composed of secremoved in any suitable way to be used. A 2o tions capable of separate operation and tosuitable work-table 4 is mounted in front of gether holding more or less of the leaf upon said die. Suitable supports 5 are erected the die; frusto-conical rollers mounted yieldupon the bed upon which the respective secingly upon parallel axes in a suitable frame tions 6 7 of the wrapper holder or grip are connected to a pivot, whereby said rollers are separately mounted, as by a pivot or hinge- 25 swung in an arc of a circle and whereby each joint 8, their front edges closely abutting roller engages with an opposite side of the against the rear outer face of the die, subdie, or with only one cutting edge thereof, stantially as shown in Figs. 1, 7, and 9, and and said wrapper-gripping sections are each gripping the wrapper against it. weighted, so as to be normally in their closed Upon a suitable support 9 a bell-crank le- 30 positions, and are provided with laterallyver 10 is pivoted, provided with a weight 11, swinging levers and link connections, where-' and 12 is a link connecting said lever to a by either section can be raised or opened ingrip-section. Each section is provided with dependent of the other one, or both can be this mechanism, and they are here shown raised or opened simultaneously. Asuitable mounted so that by pressing a knee against 3 5 bed and legs are also provided to carry the the pendent arm 13 of said lever and forcing working parts of the machine as well as the it inward that section is tilted upward, or stationary work-table. both can be tilted simultaneously.

It is constructed as follows, reference being hen a leaf is placed upon the die with its had to the accompanying drawings,in which-- rear edge under the tilted grip-sections, one 40 Figure 1 is a top plan of the machine in posection can be lowered to partially grip it as sition for cutting a wrapper from a leaf. to its rear edge or side against the rear wall of Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine. the die a little below the cutting edge, and Fig. 3 is a top plan of the work-table, die, then the leaf can be adjusted and manipuand wrapper holder, showing one section lated as may be desired before the othersec- 45 open and the other closed. Fig. 4 is a side tion is lowered. This enables the operator elevation showing the die, work-table, Wrapto perfectly adjust the leaf before making the per-holder open, and one of the operating out and much better than where the grip surmechanisms. Fig. 5 is avertical section derounds the entire die or is in one piece of tailing the Wrapper-holder sections and their substantially the shape of the rear half of the 10c 50 operating mechanisms. Fig. 6 is a section die, because so much more of the leaf is in detailing the presser-rollers, devices for oilsight while it is partially gripped, enabling the operator to better avoid holes or heavy or thick ribs or damaged portions of the leaf, which are usually much more readily visible when the leaf is drawn taut or slightly stretched over the face of the die. When the lever 10 is released from strain, that gripsection is pulled down and held by the weight.

Upon a suitable part of the table an upright shaft 14 is suitably pivoted, and 15 is a suitable frame connected thereto and carrying the roller frame. This comprises a table provided with tubular bosses 16 and recessed bosses 1'7. Into the bosses 16 suitable guide-pins 18 are inserted loosely, each pin being connected to a head suitably mortised or slotted, as at 19. Into the bosses 17 and their recesses bolts 20 and springs 21 are inserted, the nuts 22 being for adjusting the heads 22, which are also mortised or slot-ted, as at 23. In these mortises shafts 24 are suitably mounted, as by the transverse pivotpins 25, and 26 are presser-rollers suitably journaled upon said shafts. They are frustoconical in shape and are mounted in alternation, the small end of one beside the larger end of the other. A suitable handle 27 is provided to aid in swinging the roller-frame and its support upon the pivotal mounting. Normally the roller-shafts are more or less inclined from a horizontal, an end of each being forced down by the spring a distance regulated by the nuts 22 and being free to yield vertically when a roller is in engagement with the die. WVhen the frame is swung, each roller first engages with the end of the die and the leaf thereon and cuts it substantially across such end. Then rising, it bears upon one side of the die only and cuts the leaf thereon. One roller cuts substantially the front half of the wrapper and the other substantially the rear half,each bearing upon the opposite side of the die, as shown in Fig. 7, when. the rollers are set in alternation. Then as each roller reaches the end of the die and passes over it its spring will depress that end below the plane of the die. The handpressure of the operator,aided by the springs, causes the rollers to press the leaf upon the cutting edges of the die, and a wrapper is out every time the rollers traverse the die in either direction. 'When the rollers are in engagement with the die, their shafts are substantially horizontal, the springs being compressed and from their conoidal form and arrangement each roller only engages with one side of the die. When theypass off from the end of the die, the springs again depress the large ends of the rollers.

Spring-controlled bars 28 are suitably connected to the table of the roller-frame, and suitable pads 29 are secured to said bars and held in contact with said rollers, being lubricated with a suitable oil to prevent the rollers from becoming gummed up from the tobacco and without damaging it.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

v 1. In a cigar-wrapper-cutting machine, the

combination with a die having a cutting edge of the shape of the wrapper to be cut, a wrapper-holder consisting of sections adapted to be operated independently of each other or jointly, whereby more or less of the leaf is clamped over the die, and a roller mounted upon an arm and carried over said die by the swinging of said arm upon its pivot as a center.

2. In a cigar-wrapper-cutting machine the combination with a suitable die, of a wrapper clamp or grip consisting of sections each clamping a portion of a leaf upon the die, and each adapted to be operated independently of each other or in unison with each other, and means for operating each section in combination with a pair of rollers and means to carry them over said die.

3. In a cigar-wrapper-cutting machine, the combination with a suitable die, of a frame adapted to swing upon a pivot, parallel shafts mounted in its free end, a frusto-conical roller journaled upon each shaft and each engaging with an opposite side of said die when carried over it in an arc of a circle when said frame is swung.

4. In a cigar-wrapper cutting machine, the combination with a suitable die, of a frame adapted to swing upon a pivot, a pair of reversely frusto-conical rollers journaled in its free end upon parallel axes adapted to be oscillated vertically by the engagement of said rollers with said die whereby each roller engages with an opposite edge thereof when said frame is swung to carry them in an arc of a circle over said die.

5. In a eigar-wrapper-cutting machine, the combination with a suitable die, of a frame mounted to swing upon a pivot central to a circle of which it is a radius, and a pair of frusto-conical rollers mounted therein upon parallel shafts free to be oscillated vertically by their engagement with said die when carried over it in the arc of said circle by the swing of said frame.

6. In a cigar-wrapper-cutting machine, the combination with a suitable die, and a wrapper-leaf holder consisting of sections adapted to be operated separately or jointly to clamp the leaf upon the die, of apair of axes mounted in the same plane, and reversely-conical rollers journaled thereon and oscillated vertically by their engagement with opposite edges of the die.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of November, 1896.

CHARLES A. BAKER.

I11 presence of- O. W. HEARY, O. O. KINGSLEY. 

